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...George W. Bush launched Operation Iraqi Freedom in March 2003, an air-and-ground campaign that quickly toppled Saddam'sgovernment but opened the door to a homegrown Sunni insurgency that turned the war into an eight-year struggle.

...U.S.-led invasion and they wonder why they should pay money for wrongs committed by the ousted dictator.Saddam'sgovernment held hundreds of Americans hostage during the run-up to the 1991 Gulf War, using them as human shields in hopes...

...October 2005 CIA assessment that prior to the war Saddam'sgovernment "did not have a relationship, harbor or turn a...intelligence, including assertions of a link between Saddam'sgovernment and the recently killed al-Zarqawi, to justify...

...Iraqi police, but reiterated that Germany would send no troops here. More than five months after the ouster of Saddam'sgovernment, the troops who are here almost all Americans face a daily threat of homemade roadside bombs, mortar attacks...

...the former Iraqi government. The report said Saddam himself approved companies. Duelfer's report alleged that Saddam'sgovernment had used the oil vouchers to both solicit kickbacks and to reward countries and individuals willing to cooperate...

...by the Army's 4th Infantry Division, that he says has led to the capture of more than 100 former members of Saddam'sgovernment in a little more than a month. "In other operations, those soldiers have also seized hundreds of weapons, thousands...

...Myers said. The defense secretary said the insurgents are criminals, assassins, terrorists and remnants of Saddam'sgovernment, and he said they cannot be allowed to "run roughshod" over the city. Appearing with Rumsfeld, Myers said...

...anywhere in Iraq. But Iraq's acceptance letter was filled with anti-American invective and repeatedly claimed Saddam'sgovernment did not have any banned weapons programs. "I've never tried to predict what (Saddam) might do, but one thing...

...on Friday with a warning to Saddam Hussein that the Security Council won't tolerate "cat and mouse" games. Saddam'sgovernment told Iraqis on Friday they must welcome Blix and other inspectors who are scheduled to arrive Monday after a nearly...

...report said unidentified "higher officials" constrained the occupation effort and did not prepare for the fall of Saddam'sgovernment. "Despite the virtual certainty that the military would accomplish the regime change, there was no plan for...